Definitions
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- adverb archaic A floor lower than the one a speaker currently occupies;
downstairs . - noun UK The areas of a large house in which house staff works.
- noun UK The staff that works in such areas.
Etymologies
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Examples
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As Mrs. Wilson Helen Mirren, the chief housekeeper, explains, the visiting servants, for simplicity's sake, will be known "belowstairs" by the names of their employers.
Gosford Park (2001) elena maria vidal 2009
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As Mrs. Wilson Helen Mirren, the chief housekeeper, explains, the visiting servants, for simplicity's sake, will be known "belowstairs" by the names of their employers.
Archive 2009-08-01 elena maria vidal 2009
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“I refuse to get embroiled in affairs belowstairs.”
The Laird Who Loved Me Karen Hawkins 2009
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Because of their genteel upbringing governesses lived a life of isolation, not fitting in with the servants belowstairs, not even the housekeeper, butler, or nanny, who, while they belonged to the upper ranks of servants, came from humble origins.
Archive 2009-05-01 elena maria vidal 2009
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“The upstairs maids, the belowstairs washing staff—all of the women in the house are behind ye.”
The Laird Who Loved Me Karen Hawkins 2009
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“The upstairs maids, the belowstairs washing staff—all of the women in the house are behind ye.”
The Laird Who Loved Me Karen Hawkins 2009
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“The upstairs maids, the belowstairs washing staff—all of the women in the house are behind ye.”
The Laird Who Loved Me Karen Hawkins 2009
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“I refuse to get embroiled in affairs belowstairs.”
The Laird Who Loved Me Karen Hawkins 2009
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“I refuse to get embroiled in affairs belowstairs.”
The Laird Who Loved Me Karen Hawkins 2009
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Was there an old onion basket somewhere in the keeping-room belowstairs?
Son of a Witch Maguire, Gregory 2005
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